Chapter 1130: The Universal Girl

PS: Congratulations to BLG for taking down T1 and meeting JDG in the finals — China has B!

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In the program, Miss Luo Quan indeed carried fairness to the utmost.

Regardless of gender, she would unceremoniously point out the shortcomings of every singer who took the stage, and explain how to adjust and improve.

Perhaps because her tone was rather blunt, two girls with thinner skin were directly reduced to tears by her words.

At first, netizens still wondered if Miss Luo Quan might be too fierce, and that she should be a bit gentler.

But they quickly realized — Miss Luo Quan is doing a teacher's job, and doing it better than a teacher.

She directly spelled out the flaws, and even gave the simplest, most effective solutions.

As long as these people listened and went back to train according to what Miss Luo Quan said, their singing would absolutely improve by at least one tier.

Once they thought it through, netizens stopped complaining; instead, they flooded the barrage urging Miss Luo Quan to increase the intensity and ruthlessly grill them.

Some even hoped for this scenario: Miss Luo Quan coaches a contestant, the contestant stiffens their neck and refuses the teaching, then says something like "How I sing is none of your business."

Netizens don't like watching scripted variety shows that deliberately manufacture conflict, but if Miss Luo Quan and a contestant actually clashed on the spot, they would be more than happy to watch.

Enjoying the spectacle without minding how big the mess gets is the common failing of most people — the louder the ruckus, the more they egg it on.

However, probably because Miss Luo Quan's standing in the jianghu is simply too high — over a dozen Grammy trophies aren't just decorative ornaments; with that award count, she can hold her own against anyone.

So not a single coached contestant dared to refuse; all wore the obedient, humble look of eager students.

Coincidentally, a neighboring music variety show also saw a music critic sharply critique an on-stage singer.

But the critiqued singer wasn't as docile as the Song Club contestants — they directly clashed with the critic, trading barbs so fiercely they were one step from an all-out shouting match.

Precisely because the scene was so explosive, when Bilibili's Song Club blasted onto the hot searches, it still managed to snatch a spot.

Then netizens asked: if Miss Luo Quan were the one sharply critiquing Hua, one of the "New Four Heavenly Kings of Chinese Music" and a rap artist, would he still dare to talk back like that?

This question appeared in Miss Luo Quan's livestream room.

By then she had already finished the second day's variety livestream, returned home, and was preparing to chat casually with fans.

Seeing this paid barrage, Miss Luo Quan also specially went to search for that video.

The variety show is called "Heaven-Granted Immortal Voice"; the guest lineup is not bad, covering multiple music genres.

As for the point of contention, it's actually quite simple.

The singer sang poorly, the critic pointed it out, then the singer rebutted and actively demanded a face-off.

So the two locked horns, and their words grew more intense with each exchange.

Today it was already on the verge of a full-blown quarrel, and the production team even edited in quite a few arguing clips, making the scene look out of control.

But if this continues, it's not impossible they'll start cursing each other outright next episode.

In terms of buzz, the production team definitely struck gold; but for this "Heavenly King" singer of idol origin, it was quite torturous.

"Money's hard to earn, shit's hard to eat."

After Miss Luo Quan understood the ins and outs, she chuckled: "Speaking as a pure bystander here — if these two keep this up, it's good news for both the audience and the show.

Because we get to see such hilarious scenes every so often, but the one being sharply critiqued, Lin Kai, might not be so happy about it.

No one likes being publicly belittled, and honestly, this critic is somewhat targeting Lin Kai.

Even if he sings badly, you don't have to keep exposing his weaknesses — doing this to him every episode, who wouldn't lose their temper?"

This remark immediately drew objections from fans:

"But what you did at Song Club today is pretty much the same as that critic."

"Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire — Luo Bao, you're in the wrong this time."

"Exactly, Luo Bao, apologize quick, or I'm gonna start hating on you."

"Haha, let's see how you wriggle out of this one!"

Netizens seem to love making Miss Luo Quan yield, but she has always been known for her sharp tongue.

"How is this the same thing?" Miss Luo Quan spread her hands and explained, "My coaching of Song Club contestants is entirely because I feel they still have a future — as long as they patch up these minor flaws, their future prospects will be great.

I'm doing it for their own good; putting it grandly, this counts as meritorious service to the Chinese music scene."

Fans immediately cracked up:

"Got it — Luo Bao means Lin Kai is completely hopeless, no need to waste breath on him, right?"

"Probably — he's already like this, why don't you just humor him?"

"Terminal cancer, right?"

"Makes sense — you wouldn't pin the future of Chinese music on someone like that, would you?"

"He's a very stubborn person — no matter what others say or do, he won't listen; if you could be like him too, then this matter…"

"Achieve godhood… sorry, wrong set."

"After all, he's still one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Chinese Music."

"So I think instead of these critics wasting breath clashing with these hopeless traffic singers, they'd better dig up some unknown newcomers with solid works."

"Indeed, only that holds more hope of saving the Chinese music scene."

One must admit, the audience sometimes sees more clearly than the parties involved.

Miss Luo Quan herself actually thought the same, but she couldn't say it outright.

Because that would be too hurtful — everyone's just making a living; for her to come out and accuse them with her status, wouldn't that be smashing their rice bowls?

Although the brain-dead fans of traffic idols do give a bad impression, no matter what they haven't committed crimes — their sins don't warrant that.

So Miss Luo Quan didn't directly evaluate; instead, she let the audience's mouths speak the words.

"Anyway, everyone should pay more attention to Bilibili's Song Club." Miss Luo Quan steered the topic back to her own show, "Several excellent singer seedlings have already appeared in the program — placed anywhere in the world, they'd count as exceptionally gifted."

"True, Chen Zhou's voice is simply heavenly — I'm sure he's a lock for the championship."

"Lan Aide's singing crushes the opposition — for a singer only this matters, everything else is fake!"

"He Xuan Yu still has the highest vocal range, no matter how skilled you are, some notes you just can't reach, so I think functionality is most important!"

"Don't argue, the show has just started, the championship is still far off."

"By the way, compared to these three, who do you think is better, Luo Bao?"

"Hard to say."

"I hope there's a chance to see the contestants and mentors perform together on stage."

"Haha, that would be so interesting."

Originally, it was just a comparison between the three currently most popular contestants, but the bullet comments dragged the topic onto Luo Quan.

"If it were something else, I might still be modest." Luo Quan coughed lightly, "But singing? I think I should let those who can't find an opponent in function."

"Saying something a bit pretentious, I have a timbre surpassing Chen Zhou, skills surpassing Lan Ai De, and a vocal range surpassing He Xuan Yu — a six-sided female warrior, you know? That's me."

"Noticed it, Luo Bao, when did you become so shameless?"

"Really that impressive? I don't believe it."

"It's been a while since I heard Luo Bao sing a high-difficulty song, I suggest you show off your skills so the new friends can see your level!"

"Wasn't it just recently that you sang 'Left Hand Pointing at the Moon'? You already forgot?"

"'Left Hand Pointing at the Moon' is still not great — high pitch, but lacking in technique."

"Haha, when it comes to sharp critiques, it's still the netizens of this session — they can spout nonsense with their eyes open and make it sound so natural."

"If it's down, I'll praise you as impressive, but if it's up, then sorry, I can only say you're not as good as me, this session's district champion. If you insist on asking which district, I can only say it's the comment section."

"Everyone's talking smoothly, planning to take the postgraduate entrance exam?"

Seeing these slightly provocative bullet comments, Luo Quan knew this was the fans' provocation tactic.

She's been encountering this move for several years, but she still falls for it every time.

"Well, it's not that I can't show you." Luo Quan said with a cheerful smile, "Tomorrow is the last day of the preliminaries, after the contestants finish singing, I'll go on stage and sing a song for everyone, so you can see my strength."

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"No way, Luo Bao, you're really doing this?"

"Good, good, good, I've been waiting for you to say this!"

"So, which of the three contestants are you planning to challenge?"

"No need to choose — I, Luo Bao, have Wu Gong that surpasses the world, so of course I'm challenging all three at once."

"Great!" Luo Quan saw the last bullet comment, gave a thumbs-up directly, "You understand my personality — if something can be settled in one go, I won't split it up. Timbre, technique, vocal range — I'll show them all to everyone at once."

"Also, here's a word for the contestants who might advance to the second round elimination: tomorrow, if anyone performs this song on the upcoming stage, I'll give them an extra 0.01 point as appropriate."

"Did the contestants hear that? Luo Lao Shi has already outlined the exam scope."

"Only 0.01? Feels a bit little."

"Just messing around, it won't affect the total score at all, like the skins in Honor of Kings — adding 10 attack power is almost the same as not adding."

"What a strange yet fitting metaphor."

"But it might also indirectly indicate this song is very difficult — after all, with Luo Quan's fair personality, she'd choose to give points to those daring to challenge, so you can imagine how hard this song is to sing."

"We haven't even heard the song yet, everyone, stop brain-filling for now — wait until tomorrow when it's sung, then you can hype it all you want."

"Just looking forward to it is enough — Luo Quan has never let us down."

Amid the fans' anticipatory bullet comments, Luo Quan turned off the live stream.

The song's accompaniment isn't ready yet, but it's getting late, so she plans to sort it out after waking up tomorrow.

After the breakthrough, her spirit is actually less vigorous than before.

The system said, this is because the body is ascending, and it's re-adapting to this world, so consumption is higher across the board, and people tire more easily.

Fortunately, Luo Quan's routine has always been regular — she sleeps about eight hours a day, so even though her energy isn't as vigorous as before, it won't lead to a disrupted routine causing mental fatigue.

Amid the anticipation of all net fans, B站's Singer Fan Meeting finally welcomed its third episode — the last round of the preliminaries.

After this match, fifty out of the hundred contestants will be eliminated.

Looking at the competition format, it's a bit cruel.

But since this is a live-stream variety show, over a hundred people is really too many, making it hard to attend to everyone later.

So they chose to eliminate a batch right at the start — also a way of keeping the essence and discarding the dross.

But no matter what, those who participated in the competition definitely didn't lose out.

The popularity of this B站 Singer Fan Meeting exceeds 100 million viewers each broadcast — anyone who steps on stage and steadily displays their strength has gained quite a few fans this time.

So even if eliminated in the first round, it's still quite a gain.

Of course, those who advanced to the next round are definitely super big winners.

When the third round of the competition began, Luo Quan did not announce what she would do after her own match ended.

Although many contestants have already watched her stream and know what she's going to do.

But there are still many who are kept in the dark.

The remaining thirty-three contestants are still singing with all their might, trying to push the top fifty down the rankings.

However, compared to the first day when experts gathered in droves, the contestants' quality on the third day has declined somewhat, and no more treasure contestants like Chen Zhou or Lan Ai De have appeared.

But the live stream's popularity hasn't dropped at all, because everyone is waiting for Luo Quan to deliver the surprise she promised.

When the hundredth contestant finished singing, this time all contestants' scores were finally out.

Lan Ai De scored 98.5, ranking first in the preliminaries.

Chen Zhou also got 97.2 points, temporarily ranking second.

Then, among the top fifty, the main streamers from all major platforms basically all advanced, with no collective elimination embarrassment occurring, which also let all platform leaders breathe a sigh of relief.

Because this time, all platforms sent out their own top streamers; if they were outperformed and all eliminated, that would be a major loss of face.

If it were an ordinary competition, it wouldn't matter much, but the key is that this competition can be called network-wide attention, with discussion volume already heading toward ten billion, and the热度 is frighteningly high.

Under these circumstances, if one's own players were all eliminated, it wouldn't be surprising if the stock price also dropped.

Fortunately, the top singers from all platforms performed decently, played steadily, and advanced smoothly.

Meanwhile, those players ranked in the bottom fifty will have to face the painful moment of elimination.

"I know this is cruel, but there's nothing we can do; this is just the rule."

Luo Quan looked at the few girls on stage who had already started crying, and her tone softened: "But at least today, everyone doesn't need to rush to leave; later, the resort will host a lavish buffet dinner, and everyone can eat their fill before leaving.

Additionally, the production team has also prepared some souvenirs for everyone.

Next, it's time for the mentors."